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Where’s that Pointer
Pointing?
Scripture Reading: Romans 1:18-23
He froze motionless next
to a clump of long, brown grass. This liver-and-white German short-haired
pointer was locked on a ring-necked rooster. His right front paw
was raised and his excited nose stretched forward. The pheasant with
its spectacular plumage was crouched and poised to explode for better cover.
What a sight!
The dog had been a gift
from a family friend and the pheasant was one of hundreds I had raised
and then released as part of a high school agriculture class project.
Although I never did become much of a bird hunter, decades later this first
observance of dog on point still remains a magnificent memory.
But just where was that
pointer pointing? There are those who would argue that such a sight
simply reveals specific characteristics or traits which have developed
due to smart selective breeding. Still others would pontificate that
this was nothing more than an outgrowth of some sort of evolutionary process.
However, according to
the Bible such beauty and design must eventually be traced back to the
invisible God who created all things. Indeed, as the apostle Paul
reminded his readers in Rome, “For since the creation of the world God’s
invisible qualities — his eternal power and divine nature — have been clearly
seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without
excuse” (Romans 1:20). The fact is, God has left His invisible fingerprints
all over His creation and every person deep down in his or her heart of
hearts knows this to be true.
So, where was that pointer
pointing? The exact same place that the brightly colored rooster
pheasant was pointing — towards the invisible God who made all creatures
great and small!
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